Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet is an accomplished and versatile film actress who is best known for her diverse choice of roles in romantic comedies, dramas and thrillers. She was most recently seen in X Files: I Want to Believe. In addition, Peet's voice was featured in the animated film Terra along with the voices of Luke Wilson, Evan Rachel Wood, and Dennis Quaid.

Peet also has recently been seen in the independent film What Doesn't Kill You opposite Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke. Peet just recently finished production on the Nicole Holofcenter dramatic comedy opposite Catherine Keener. This Sony Pictures Classic film is still without a title but is planning on a spring 2010 release.

In 2006, Peet made her Broadway debut in the revival of Neil Simon's comedy, Barefoot in the Park. She and Patrick Wilson starred as newlyweds in Greenwich Village in the 1960s. Last summer, Peet starred to critical acclaim, in the Neil LaBute off-Broadway play This Is How It Goes opposite Ben Stiller and Jeffrey Wright.

A native of New York, Peet graduated from Columbia University with a degree in American History. While there, she also studied acting under Uta Hagen, which ultimately lead her to pursue acting as a career.

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